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The Green Bay Notre Dame junior knows his hockey career always will be linked with his older brother, Max, whose list of accomplishments includes being named Wisconsin's Mr. Hockey in 2010 and getting selected by the Ottawa Senators in the 2011 NHL entry draft.

"Sometimes it gets old, but it's nice in a way because it's a big motivator to achieve the goals he has in his career," said McCormick, who made the decision Sunday to follow in his big brother's footsteps by giving a commitment to play at Ohio State. ...